What does your smb.conf file look like?
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> From: Paul M. Foster[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 12:11 AM
> To: RedHat List
> Subject: Samba Question
>
> Sambanese:
>
> Two computer network. One Win95, the other Linux RH 6.1. Both can ping
> each other by name.
>
> With smbd -D and nmbd -D running, when I issue the command:
>
> smbclient //rocky/nancyf
>
> I get the errors:
>
> session request to ROCKY failed
> session request to *SMBSERVER failed
>
> However, if I issue:
>
> smbclient //localhost/nancyf
>
> I get the password prompt and can log in as nancyf and do stuff.
>
> uname -a tells me this machine/server is rocky.mars, and that's what
> /etc/HOSTNAME has in it.
>
> /etc/lmhosts contains the name and IP address for each machine on the
> network, including rocky.
>
> Matter of fact, on the Linux box I can do almost anything Samba using the
> localhost name, but not the rocky name.
>
> So why does it understand localhost but not rocky, the name of the
> machine?
>
> Paul Foster
>
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